India’s largest Tech-enabled Laundry Chain Startup UClean Acquires White Tiger Laundry

India’s leading tech-enabled chain of laundry and home cleaning stores, UClean, has acquired Delhi NCR based White Tiger laundry in a majority equity buyout.

As a part of the acquisition, UClean will acquire White Tiger’s Delhi NCR 20 stores. UClean will also onboard the entire staff, franchisee partners and existing infrastructure of White Tiger.

UClean’s acquisition comes close on the heels of its international expansion into the markets of Bangladesh and Nepal.

[caption id="attachment_133031" align="aligncenter" width="683"] Arunabh Sinha Founder and CEO UClean[/caption]

Talking about the acquisition, Arunabh Sinha, Founder and CEO, UClean, said, “In a growing market like India, tech enabled laundry solutions hold immense potential given the low penetration of technology in an unorganised segment overall. As market leaders, our vision is to organise the $34 billion market opportunity. The acquisition is a step in that direction.

The franchise system and legacy that White Tiger has built over the last 20 years is commendable and still very strong. Plus the expertise that their team brings on the table is much needed in our scale and growth at this moment.”

UClean currently operates the largest network of over 130 stores across 35 cities in India and has over half a million users availing its services every year. Most of these customers are repeat users who come to UClean at least once a month. In order to cater to these users, the acquisition will enable UClean to implement the latest in the infrastructure available in the space as well acquire White Tiger’s existing userbase.

UClean offers home pick up & drop as well as a DIY model where customers can visit their nearby UClean laundromat to address their laundry needs. The hyperlocal model of UClean ensures that customers are within a 3km radius of their nearest UClean store. Using technology, UClean is able to address the needs of its users better by offering a real time status on a customer’s order and pay via digital platforms.

As per market experts, India’s laundry industry is largely fragmented and is worth more than $34 billion annually. With the rise of nuclear families and busy work schedules, UClean aims to address the growing challenge of getting laundry done on time with minimal hassle.

About UClean

UClean is building India's first organized chain of laundry and home cleaning stores, focused on fostering the DIY (Do It Yourself) culture. With technology at the heart of the brand, UClean also enables the time crunched customers to avail pick-n- drop service from the comfort of their home or office. UClean is committed to work with other entrepreneurs and investors and co-build the UClean brand with them through the franchise route. The entrepreneurs are trained, equipped and handheld in building and operating their own UClean franchise store. With some of the most credible partners on-board for a venture of this nature, UClean is striving to not just be a brand but an overall segment creator.

IIT Bombay Graduate Brings Concept of WiFi Enabled Laundromats in India

A Delhi NCR-based startup is focused on bringing the concept of laundromats to India and give birth to a “Laundry Revolution” in the country. UClean, which came into existence in November 2016, offers Indian citizens integrated cleaning services all under one roof, something which until now wasn't available in the country on such a large and organized scale.

Built around the concept of laundromats, which is a popular concept in the West, UClean is looking to build a chain of brick-n-mortar stores all around the Indian subcontinent. In addition to laundry, these stores also offer services like ironing, dry-cleaning, carpet cleaning, sofa cleaning etc.

Customers wanting to avail UClean's services can either choose to physically walk into a UClean store or they can even schedule a pick-n-drop service through the click of a button on the website or by simply calling up the firm's call centre number. As of now, each of the physical store caters to about 5 kms radius around the store. In order to offer an incentive for people to walk down to the stores, all of the currently operational UClean stores are Wi-Fi enabled.

For the uninitiated, the laundromat culture refers to the 'do-it-yourself’ (DIY) laundry concept. Seeing the huge success of the concept in US, Europe and South East Asia, UClean's founder, Arunabh Sinha decided to make the concept popular even in India. He strongly believes that now is a ripe time for laundry concepts in India as the Indian customer is now ready and mature to embrace the outsourced laundry concept.

[caption id="attachment_115966" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Arunabh Sinha[/caption]

An IIT Bombay graduate, Arunabh is optimistic that the concept of outsourced laundry has a potential of becoming viral in the country if it is well executed and is driven at the back end by Technology and analytics. Arunabh, who also functions as the CEO of the company, has a rich experience in the Franchising and Startup space. He has previously worked with Franchise India where he had set-up the entire international business practice for the company. Very recently, he was heading the North India business of budget hotel chain, Treebo Hotels and was in charge of all the development in North India.

While there are many laundry services operational in the country currently, what makes UClean stand out from the pack is the fact, that they are the only player in the market that offers a seamless integration between front end (technology platform which allows customers to book a slot as per their convenience) and back end (physical stores actually executing these orders). Currently, the Indian laundry market either has pureplay online aggregators (With no back end stores) or mom & pop local store operators (with no online presence or technological interface). UClean is the only player that boosts of having both the back-end as well as the front end.

Arunabh's belief in the Indian laundry market has paid off phenomenally well as within 6 months of the startup's launch, UClean has registered its presence in the country through brick-n-mortar stores in 5 metropolitan cities namely Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Pune and Hyderabad. In addition to this, its first 2 stores (Delhi and Gurgaon) have already broken even operationally. The startup is currently registering a figure of about USD 15,000 per month with revenues growing at ~50% MOM. Focused on growth, the startup had recently roped in celebrity couple Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu as strategic partners as well as brand ambassadors to promote the outsourced laundry concept.

Arunabh's future plans for UClean involves making the company into a national brand through the franchise route with a target of having about 300 stores on a pan India basis by the year 2020. Additionally, he aims to expand UClean's portfolio of services to include all cleaning related services. Also celebrities Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu are UClean’s strategic partners.

UClean Website - UClean.in[cp_clear]

IIT Bombay Graduate Brings Concept of WiFi Enabled Laundromats in India

A Delhi NCR-based startup is focused on bringing the concept of laundromats to India and give birth to a “Laundry Revolution” in the country. UClean, which came into existence in November 2016, offers Indian citizens integrated cleaning services all under one roof, something which until now wasn't available in the country on such a large and organized scale.

Built around the concept of laundromats, which is a popular concept in the West, UClean is looking to build a chain of brick-n-mortar stores all around the Indian subcontinent. In addition to laundry, these stores also offer services like ironing, dry-cleaning, carpet cleaning, sofa cleaning etc.

Customers wanting to avail UClean's services can either choose to physically walk into a UClean store or they can even schedule a pick-n-drop service through the click of a button on the website or by simply calling up the firm's call centre number. As of now, each of the physical store caters to about 5 kms radius around the store. In order to offer an incentive for people to walk down to the stores, all of the currently operational UClean stores are Wi-Fi enabled.

For the uninitiated, the laundromat culture refers to the 'do-it-yourself’ (DIY) laundry concept. Seeing the huge success of the concept in US, Europe and South East Asia, UClean's founder, Arunabh Sinha decided to make the concept popular even in India. He strongly believes that now is a ripe time for laundry concepts in India as the Indian customer is now ready and mature to embrace the outsourced laundry concept.

[caption id="attachment_115966" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Arunabh Sinha[/caption]

An IIT Bombay graduate, Arunabh is optimistic that the concept of outsourced laundry has a potential of becoming viral in the country if it is well executed and is driven at the back end by Technology and analytics. Arunabh, who also functions as the CEO of the company, has a rich experience in the Franchising and Startup space. He has previously worked with Franchise India where he had set-up the entire international business practice for the company. Very recently, he was heading the North India business of budget hotel chain, Treebo Hotels and was in charge of all the development in North India.

While there are many laundry services operational in the country currently, what makes UClean stand out from the pack is the fact, that they are the only player in the market that offers a seamless integration between front end (technology platform which allows customers to book a slot as per their convenience) and back end (physical stores actually executing these orders). Currently, the Indian laundry market either has pureplay online aggregators (With no back end stores) or mom & pop local store operators (with no online presence or technological interface). UClean is the only player that boosts of having both the back-end as well as the front end.

Arunabh's belief in the Indian laundry market has paid off phenomenally well as within 6 months of the startup's launch, UClean has registered its presence in the country through brick-n-mortar stores in 5 metropolitan cities namely Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Pune and Hyderabad. In addition to this, its first 2 stores (Delhi and Gurgaon) have already broken even operationally. The startup is currently registering a figure of about USD 15,000 per month with revenues growing at ~50% MOM. Focused on growth, the startup had recently roped in celebrity couple Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu as strategic partners as well as brand ambassadors to promote the outsourced laundry concept.

Arunabh's future plans for UClean involves making the company into a national brand through the franchise route with a target of having about 300 stores on a pan India basis by the year 2020. Additionally, he aims to expand UClean's portfolio of services to include all cleaning related services. Also celebrities Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu are UClean’s strategic partners.

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